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1. Design for the Haymarket Theatre: "The Battle of Hexham", by Colman the Younger

Design for the Haymarket Theatre: "The Battle of Hexham", by Colman the Younger

Creator:: Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 14 x 18 5/8 inches (35.6 x 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Ruins of the Savoy Palace, London

Ruins of the Savoy Palace, London

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen in black ink with gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (21 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. A View of the Temple of Comus & c. in Vauxhall Gardens

A View of the Temple of Comus & c. in Vauxhall Gardens

Creator:: John S. Muller, ca. 1715–1792
Date:: ca. 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Hand colored engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 16 1/4 inches (27.3 x 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Shakespeare Sacrificed; or, The Offering to Avarice

Shakespeare Sacrificed; or, The Offering to Avarice

Creator:: Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 x 15 1/8 inches (50.2 x 38.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Plan of the Principal Story, Shewing the New Committee Rooms &c, House of Lords

Plan of the Principal Story, Shewing the New Committee Rooms &c, House of Lords

Creator:: Attributed to office of Sir John Soane, 1753–1837
Date:: ca. 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink, watercolor on moderately textured, moderately thick, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 5/8 × 16 1/8 inches (49.8 × 41 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. A catalogue of a valuable collection of undoubted original drawings and pictures, by the most esteemed ancient and modern Masters : amongst the later are the best productions from the pencils of Gainsborough, Wheatley, Barret, Cipriani, Bartolozzi, Cooper, Mortimer, Peters, Cozens, Rowlandson, Smith, Catton, Jun., Moreland, Serres, Angelica, Payne, Gilpin, Lambert, Walton, Northcote, &c. : also a scarce and valuable collection of prints, books of prints, & drawings, by Raphael, and many old Masters : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Greenwood, at his room in Leicester-Square on Thursday the 19th of March, 1789, and the two following days at twelve o'clock, precisely : to be viewed two days preceding the sale.

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Creator:: Greenwood, John, 1727–1792
Date:: [1789]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. A catalogue of all the Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures, and valuable museum of rare and scarce articles of antique, the property of Gustavus Brander, Esq. deceased : brought from his seat at Christ Church in Hampshire : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, (by order of the executors) at his Great Room in Pall Mall, on Friday the 11th of December 1789, and the following day ...

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Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1789]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A descriptive catalogue of a genuine and capital collection of Italian pictures, never before seen in this country, and by the most celebrated masters : particularly of the Venetian and Lombard schools, from the earliest era of painting, to the present times : being the sole and genuine property of a Gentleman, long resident in Italy, and a great lover of the art, who has left off collecting : containing among several other rare and valuable acquisitions, as particularly specified in the catalogue : the entire and genuine collection of pictures of the esteemed connoisseur Monsignor Negri, late Bishop of Parenze, in Ilaria, collected by him chiefly at Rome, and purchased of his executors by the present proprietor : the who lately imported from Italy, and brought, in the same state, to the Great Rooms, formerly occupied by the Royal Academy, no. 125, Pall Mall, where they will be exhibited and sold by private contract, on December 10th, 1789, and following days (Sundays excepted) from ten o'clock in the morning, till five in the afternoon : sold at the place of exhibition.

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Date:: [1789]
Physical Description:: 40 pages ;28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts